In Passage 2, what is the author's purpose for describing Thurgood Marshall's experience in high school? to argue that Marshall's education was extremely limited
to show how Marshall personally experienced segregation
to illustrate how effective policies were during the time of legal segregation
to criticize Marshall's decision to attend a school for African Americans only

thick as the foliage of the waving wood; the figurative language that is used here is referring to a battle. there are two mountains that are facing opposite of each other, and they have armies better stick like a forest.

an great real life example for the lottery principle is the real life lottery itself. it adheres to the lottery principle so much it's even called lottery. you apply for the lottery in the manner of getting a ticket and if you are lucky, the goods are distributed to you, in this case, the huge amounts of money. there are other real life example but this is the best one.